Frequency of NFL regular-season scores, 2000-2023

Sample size: 6176 regular-season games.

Show game type: Regular season | Playoff

Highest score by one team: 70 (September 24, 2023: Dolphins 70 vs. Broncos 20)

Largest margin of victory: 59 (October 18, 2009: Patriots 59 vs. Titans 0)

Lowest-scoring game total: 3 (November 26, 2007: Steelers 3 vs. Dolphins 0, December 10, 2023: Vikings 3 at Raiders 0)

Highest-scoring game total: 106 (November 28, 2004: Bengals 58 vs. Browns 48)

Average home score: 23.2|Average away score: 20.9

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Margin of victory, ordered

Margin Occurrence Cumulative pct.
Tie game 14 0.23%
1 or less 264 4.27%
2 or less 510 8.26%
3 or less 1439 23.3%
4 or less 1746 28.27%
5 or less 1959 31.72%
6 or less 2324 37.63%
7 or less 2889 46.78%
8 or less 3123 50.57%
9 or less 3224 52.2%
10 or less 3572 57.84%
11 or less 3724 60.3%
12 or less 3824 61.92%
13 or less 3995 64.69%
14 or less 4302 69.66%
15 or less 4398 71.21%
16 or less 4528 73.32%
17 or less 4730 76.59%
18 or less 4874 78.92%
19 or less 4942 80.02%
20 or less 5079 82.24%
21 or less 5250 85.01%
22 or less 5309 85.96%
23 or less 5375 87.03%
24 or less 5511 89.23%
25 or less 5575 90.27%
26 or less 5625 91.08%
27 or less 5705 92.37%
28 or less 5809 94.06%
29 or less 5844 94.62%
30 or less 5875 95.13%
31 or less 5944 96.24%
32 or less 5975 96.75%
33 or less 5992 97.02%
34 or less 6025 97.56%
35 or less 6065 98.2%
36 or less 6070 98.28%
37 or less 6091 98.62%
38 or less 6119 99.08%
39 or less 6123 99.14%
40 or less 6133 99.3%
41 or less 6144 99.48%
42 or less 6151 99.6%
43 or less 6155 99.66%
44 or less 6157 99.69%
45 or less 6164 99.81%
46 or less 6166 99.84%
48 or less 6168 99.87%
49 or less 6171 99.92%
50 or less 6172 99.94%
52 or less 6173 99.95%
55 or less 6174 99.97%
58 or less 6175 99.98%
59 or less 6176 100%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 929 15.04%
7 565 9.15%
6 365 5.91%
10 348 5.63%
4 307 4.97%
14 307 4.97%
1 250 4.05%
2 246 3.98%
8 234 3.79%
5 213 3.45%
17 202 3.27%
13 171 2.77%
21 171 2.77%
11 152 2.46%
18 144 2.33%
20 137 2.22%
24 136 2.2%
16 130 2.1%
28 104 1.68%
9 101 1.64%
12 100 1.62%
15 96 1.55%
27 80 1.3%
31 69 1.12%
19 68 1.1%
23 66 1.07%
25 64 1.04%
22 59 0.96%
26 50 0.81%
35 40 0.65%
29 35 0.57%
34 33 0.53%
30 31 0.5%
32 31 0.5%
38 28 0.45%
37 21 0.34%
33 17 0.28%
0 14 0.23%
41 11 0.18%
40 10 0.16%
42 7 0.11%
45 7 0.11%
36 5 0.08%
39 4 0.06%
43 4 0.06%
49 3 0.05%
44 2 0.03%
46 2 0.03%
48 2 0.03%
50 1 0.02%
52 1 0.02%
55 1 0.02%
58 1 0.02%
59 1 0.02%

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Game total scoring, ordered

Total Occurrence Cumulative pct.
3 or less 2 0.03%
6 or less 6 0.1%
8 or less 7 0.11%
9 or less 16 0.26%
10 or less 20 0.32%
12 or less 28 0.45%
13 or less 50 0.81%
14 or less 51 0.83%
15 or less 69 1.12%
16 or less 117 1.89%
17 or less 140 2.27%
18 or less 143 2.32%
19 or less 186 3.01%
20 or less 227 3.68%
21 or less 261 4.23%
22 or less 310 5.02%
23 or less 427 6.91%
24 or less 478 7.74%
25 or less 522 8.45%
26 or less 622 10.07%
27 or less 759 12.29%
28 or less 807 13.07%
29 or less 916 14.83%
30 or less 1083 17.54%
31 or less 1184 19.17%
32 or less 1272 20.6%
33 or less 1459 23.62%
34 or less 1615 26.15%
35 or less 1717 27.8%
36 or less 1864 30.18%
37 or less 2091 33.86%
38 or less 2217 35.9%
39 or less 2341 37.9%
40 or less 2554 41.35%
41 or less 2792 45.21%
42 or less 2886 46.73%
43 or less 3095 50.11%
44 or less 3331 53.93%
45 or less 3486 56.44%
46 or less 3603 58.34%
47 or less 3793 61.42%
48 or less 3971 64.3%
49 or less 4086 66.16%
50 or less 4226 68.43%
51 or less 4457 72.17%
52 or less 4587 74.27%
53 or less 4672 75.65%
54 or less 4800 77.72%
55 or less 4959 80.29%
56 or less 5011 81.14%
57 or less 5125 82.98%
58 or less 5246 84.94%
59 or less 5326 86.24%
60 or less 5366 86.88%
61 or less 5452 88.28%
62 or less 5531 89.56%
63 or less 5588 90.48%
64 or less 5643 91.37%
65 or less 5730 92.78%
66 or less 5780 93.59%
67 or less 5812 94.11%
68 or less 5848 94.69%
69 or less 5903 95.58%
70 or less 5925 95.94%
71 or less 5964 96.57%
72 or less 5985 96.91%
73 or less 6017 97.43%
74 or less 6034 97.7%
75 or less 6054 98.02%
76 or less 6070 98.28%
77 or less 6083 98.49%
78 or less 6095 98.69%
79 or less 6110 98.93%
80 or less 6126 99.19%
81 or less 6128 99.22%
82 or less 6133 99.3%
83 or less 6139 99.4%
84 or less 6142 99.45%
85 or less 6149 99.56%
86 or less 6152 99.61%
87 or less 6157 99.69%
88 or less 6160 99.74%
89 or less 6164 99.81%
90 or less 6167 99.85%
91 or less 6168 99.87%
93 or less 6169 99.89%
94 or less 6170 99.9%
95 or less 6171 99.92%
96 or less 6172 99.94%
99 or less 6173 99.95%
101 or less 6174 99.97%
105 or less 6175 99.98%
106 or less 6176 100%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
41 238 3.85%
44 236 3.82%
51 231 3.74%
37 227 3.68%
40 213 3.45%
43 209 3.38%
47 190 3.08%
33 187 3.03%
48 178 2.88%
30 167 2.7%
55 159 2.57%
34 156 2.53%
45 155 2.51%
36 147 2.38%
50 140 2.27%
27 137 2.22%
52 130 2.1%
54 128 2.07%
38 126 2.04%
39 124 2.01%
58 121 1.96%
23 117 1.89%
46 117 1.89%
49 115 1.86%
57 114 1.85%
29 109 1.76%
35 102 1.65%
31 101 1.64%
26 100 1.62%
42 94 1.52%
32 88 1.42%
65 87 1.41%
61 86 1.39%
53 85 1.38%
59 80 1.3%
62 79 1.28%
63 57 0.92%
64 55 0.89%
69 55 0.89%
56 52 0.84%
24 51 0.83%
66 50 0.81%
22 49 0.79%
16 48 0.78%
28 48 0.78%
25 44 0.71%
19 43 0.7%
20 41 0.66%
60 40 0.65%
71 39 0.63%
68 36 0.58%
21 34 0.55%
67 32 0.52%
73 32 0.52%
17 23 0.37%
13 22 0.36%
70 22 0.36%
72 21 0.34%
75 20 0.32%
15 18 0.29%
74 17 0.28%
76 16 0.26%
80 16 0.26%
79 15 0.24%
77 13 0.21%
78 12 0.19%
9 9 0.15%
12 8 0.13%
85 7 0.11%
83 6 0.1%
82 5 0.08%
87 5 0.08%
6 4 0.06%
10 4 0.06%
89 4 0.06%
18 3 0.05%
84 3 0.05%
86 3 0.05%
88 3 0.05%
90 3 0.05%
3 2 0.03%
81 2 0.03%
8 1 0.02%
14 1 0.02%
91 1 0.02%
93 1 0.02%
94 1 0.02%
95 1 0.02%
96 1 0.02%
99 1 0.02%
101 1 0.02%
105 1 0.02%
106 1 0.02%

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Game team scoring, ordered

Team total Occurrence Cumulative pct.
No score 166 1.34%
2 or less 167 1.35%
3 or less 443 3.59%
5 or less 448 3.63%
6 or less 681 5.51%
7 or less 1050 8.5%
8 or less 1069 8.65%
9 or less 1257 10.18%
10 or less 1895 15.34%
11 or less 1928 15.61%
12 or less 2049 16.59%
13 or less 2646 21.42%
14 or less 3108 25.16%
15 or less 3225 26.11%
16 or less 3675 29.75%
17 or less 4526 36.64%
18 or less 4620 37.4%
19 or less 4897 39.65%
20 or less 5754 46.58%
21 or less 6211 50.28%
22 or less 6408 51.88%
23 or less 6972 56.44%
24 or less 7770 62.9%
25 or less 7906 64.01%
26 or less 8199 66.38%
27 or less 8900 72.05%
28 or less 9265 75.01%
29 or less 9406 76.15%
30 or less 9778 79.16%
31 or less 10329 83.62%
32 or less 10402 84.21%
33 or less 10579 85.65%
34 or less 10981 88.9%
35 or less 11163 90.37%
36 or less 11240 91%
37 or less 11419 92.45%
38 or less 11683 94.58%
39 or less 11715 94.84%
40 or less 11783 95.39%
41 or less 11924 96.53%
42 or less 12010 97.23%
43 or less 12043 97.5%
44 or less 12091 97.89%
45 or less 12171 98.53%
46 or less 12179 98.6%
47 or less 12195 98.73%
48 or less 12246 99.14%
49 or less 12279 99.41%
50 or less 12282 99.43%
51 or less 12301 99.59%
52 or less 12316 99.71%
53 or less 12318 99.72%
54 or less 12325 99.78%
55 or less 12331 99.83%
56 or less 12340 99.9%
57 or less 12342 99.92%
58 or less 12344 99.94%
59 or less 12349 99.98%
62 or less 12350 99.98%
63 or less 12351 99.99%
70 or less 12352 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
20 857 6.94%
17 851 6.89%
24 798 6.46%
27 701 5.68%
10 638 5.17%
13 597 4.83%
23 564 4.57%
31 551 4.46%
14 462 3.74%
21 457 3.7%
16 450 3.64%
34 402 3.25%
30 372 3.01%
7 369 2.99%
28 365 2.95%
26 293 2.37%
19 277 2.24%
3 276 2.23%
38 264 2.14%
6 233 1.89%
22 197 1.59%
9 188 1.52%
35 182 1.47%
37 179 1.45%
33 177 1.43%
0 166 1.34%
29 141 1.14%
41 141 1.14%
25 136 1.1%
12 121 0.98%
15 117 0.95%
18 94 0.76%
42 86 0.7%
45 80 0.65%
36 77 0.62%
32 73 0.59%
40 68 0.55%
48 51 0.41%
44 48 0.39%
11 33 0.27%
43 33 0.27%
49 33 0.27%
39 32 0.26%
8 19 0.15%
51 19 0.15%
47 16 0.13%
52 15 0.12%
56 9 0.07%
46 8 0.06%
54 7 0.06%
55 6 0.05%
5 5 0.04%
59 5 0.04%
50 3 0.02%
53 2 0.02%
57 2 0.02%
58 2 0.02%
2 1 0.01%
62 1 0.01%
63 1 0.01%
70 1 0.01%

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